The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeWhy Supporting Community Level Harm Reduction Means I Cannot Support the“Safehouse” BrandHarm reduction at the individual level and harm reduction at the community level do not have to conflict. Sadly, the Safehouse conversation…·6 min read·Mar 19, 2022----
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeWhy This Philly Born and Raised Harm Reductionist Stood With Philadelphians Against “Safehouse”I am a born and raised in Philly harm reductionist who recently stood with residents of Kensington and South Philly to protest against…·3 min read·Mar 16, 2022----
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoe“Smokers should…decide when to quit”How an enmeshed UPenn tobacco researcher’s words should remind us all of the direction the DBHIDS/CBH system was supposed to be heading…·19 min read·Sep 7, 2021----
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeThe Flawed Psychology of Forcing People to Hit “Rock Bottom”While teaching a class on eminent psychologist Abraham Maslow’s human hierarchy of needs theory to aspiring behavioral health…·5 min read·Nov 13, 2018--9--9
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoe3 Devastating Collateral Consequences of the Prescription Opioid Pendulum Swing“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” — Isaac Newton·4 min read·Aug 14, 2018--6--6
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeIs Organizing a Strategy for Peer Support Staff Reclaiming Power in Broken Systems?Across the country, a small army of people with lived experience of mental health or problem substance use concerns have been trained to…·5 min read·Aug 8, 2018----
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeThe Challenges of Framing Addiction Recovery as a Redemption StoryFor many years, I experienced and framed my addiction recovery journey as a tale of redemption. I’m not exactly sure where I picked up the…·5 min read·Jul 21, 2018--3--3
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoe13 Years of Continuous Abstinence: The Hope and The Challenges Of Focusing on Abstinence as THE…Today marks 13 years of continuous abstinence from alcohol and illicit drugs and being “in recovery” for me, but more than ever before, I…·7 min read·Jul 19, 2018--1--1
The Chronicles of #Kaepernicked #CaptainSaveAHoeThe Co-option and Oppression of a Social Justice Movement: Professionalized Peer Support ServicesWhen a social justice movement begins to go mainstream and become institutionalized, it then becomes extremely vulnerable to co-option. One…·4 min read·Jun 24, 2018--4--4
